Nympsfield Long Barrow

51°42′37″N 2°17′59″W / 51.71025°N 2.29970°W / 51.71025; -2.29970

Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England.[1]

It lies at the edge of a woods, and is now the location of a picnic site.[1] It is one of the earliest examples of a barrow with separate chambers.[2] It was constructed around 2800 BC.[3]

It is a Scheduled Monument (number 22857) in the guardianship of English Heritage.[4][5][full citation needed]

Many of the finds from excavations at this site are now in the Gloucester City Museum.

  1. ^ a b Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (1987). P. H. Reed (ed.). English Heritage. Hampstead Road, London: English Heritage / Macdonald Queen Anne Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-356-12773-7.
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  3. ^ Reynolds, Kev (2007), The Cotswold Way: Two-Way National Trail Description, Cicerone Press Limited, ISBN 978-1-85284-552-0
  4. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 113212". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ^ National Monuments Records: English Heritage